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Despite living on a planet with finite resources, our economy remains largely linear and full of single-use products. The shift toward a circular economy, where companies recover or recycle resources, has hit roadblocks, including low value of used products and high recycling costs. The Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard’s Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab […]
How to avoid pitfalls around data privacy, bias, misinformation, generative AI, and more. While the question of how organizations can (and should) use AI isn’t a new one, the stakes and urgency of finding answers have skyrocketed with the release of ChatGPT, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools. Everywhere, people are wondering: How can we use AI […]
In “Circular Products and Business Models: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Investors”, George Serafeim and Shirley Lu at Harvard Business School share the opportunity of circular economy based on learnings from The Circular Revolution Catalyst hosted by George Serafeim, Vladimir Jacimovic, and Reynir Indahl in April 2023: “Currently, our economies predominantly function in a linear […]
In Creating a Sustainable Future: Unlock the Potential of a Circular Economy, the Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute and Freelancer have partnered to host a crowdsourcing competition to learn new ways to adopt the circular economy for impact across business and sustainability
